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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Unprecedented provisions in the budget for the holistic development of the agriculture sector, says Agriculture Minister Shri Tomar
The budget is for the villages, poor people, farmers, women and youth: Agriculture Minister thanks Prime Minister and Finance Minister
Welcoming the Union Budget presented today, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that it is the budget for the villages, poor people, farmers, women and youth. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, unprecedented provisions have been made in the budget for the overall development of the agriculture sector.
Shri Tomar said that the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister have shown vision in the budget. A glimpse of how our country will be in the coming twenty-five years is reflected in this budget. Expressing happiness, he said that the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has been increased continuously in both the tenures of theGovernment, this time also it has been increased to Rs.1.32 lakh crore from Rs.1.23 lakh crore last year. Shri Tomar has thanked the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister for increasing the agriculture budget.
Shri Tomar said that there is an emphasis on increasing agricultural production and productivity in the budget, as well as adequate provisions, have been made for oilseeds mission, linking agriculture with technology, farmers to get a fair price for their produce etc. A provision of about 2.5 lakh crores has been made for MSP, which is a matter of happiness for the farmers. Agricultural diversification, promotion of organic and natural farming, increasing capacity-efficiency of farmers, crop evaluation, farmer drones, irrigation, adding courses in agricultural universities, agricultural research are all unprecedented provisions, which will bring about a paradigm shift in agriculture sector.
He said that the Ken-Betwa link project is also being given shape by the Government, which was envisioned during the tenure of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This will not only irrigate an area of about one million hectares but will also provide drinking water and electricity and create new jobs. Similarly, many important budget provisions like HarGhar Jal, PM Awas etc. will be very helpful for different sections of society.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 116 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 15.6 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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1,16,59,92,955
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15,60,08,496
More than116crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 15.6 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates Jabalpur - Indore - Jabalpur and Indore - Gwalior - Indore flights route
The routes will be operated by Alliance Air thrice a week
The Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia along with Minister of State Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh  inaugurated Jabalpur - Indore - Jabalpur & Indore - Gwalior - Indore flights route in the presence of Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
The flights will operate under the following schedule:
The enhanced air connectivity will encourage tourism, trade and other economic activities in the state. It will also improve the ease of living for the people in the region.
In his inaugural address, Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia said that it is a matter of great joy that the three major cities of Madhya Pradesh are being connected by air route on a single day. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is working to help these cities make the full use of their growth potential. The Minister assured that the infrastructure development projects going on in these cities will be completed as per timelines.
Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh  congratulated the people of Indore, Gwalior, and Jabalpur and said that the increasing number of flights have given wings to the aspirations of the people.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan appreciated the Ministry of Civil Aviation for enhancing air connectivity in the state and assured cooperation by the state government in the developmental work.
The inauguration was graced by Shri Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, Member of Parliament , Shri. Pradhuman Singh Tomar, Minister of Energy, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Shri. Tulsi Silawat, Minister of Water Resources Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Shri. Shankar Lalwani Member of Parliament , Shri. Rakesh Singh, Member of Parliament , Shri. Vivek Tankha Member of Parliament . In addition, Smt. Usha Padhee, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Shri. Vikram Dev Dutt, CMD, AIAH, Shri. Vineet Sood, CEO, Alliance Air and other dignitaries from MoCA were also present.
President's Secretariat
President of India’s greetings on the eve of IDU’L Fitr
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, has greeted fellow citizens on the eve of Idu’l Fitr.
In his message the President has said, “On the auspicious occasion of Idu’l Fitr, I offer my greetings and good wishes to all fellow citizens, and to our Muslim brothers and sisters in India and abroad.
Marking the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan, this festival strengthens our belief in charity, fraternity and compassion. On this day, let us re-dedicate ourselves to these eternal values that characterise our civilization”.
Click here to read President's message in Hindi.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of ‘5.09% GS 2022’, Auction for Sale  of ‘5.79% GS 2030’, Auction for Sale  of ‘GoI Floating Rate Bond 2031’, and Auction for Sale  of ‘7.19% GS 2060’
Government of India has announced the Sale  of  ‘5.09 per cent Government Stock, 2022’ for a notified amount of ` 3,000 crore  through price based auction,
 ‘5.79 per cent Government Stock, 2030’ for a notified amount of ` 18,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2031’ for a notified amount of ` 4,000 crore  through price based auction, and  ‘7.19 per cent Government Stock, 2060’ for a notified amount of ` 5,000 crore  through price based auction. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ` 2,000 crore each against any one or more of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on May 22, 2020  using multiple price method.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on May 22, 2020. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on May 22, 2020  and payment by successful bidders will be on May 26, 2020 .
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
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Cabinet
Cabinet approves India’s Membership in the International Vaccine Institute , South Korea
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to the proposal for India’s taking full membership of the International Vaccine Institute  Governing Council. The move involves payment of annual contribution of US $ 5,00,000 to the International Vaccine Institute , Seoul, South Korea.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
110.23 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
13,091 new cases in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.25%; Highest since March 2020
13,878 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,38,00,925
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.40%; Lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 1,38,556; lowest in 266 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 38 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 48 days
61.99 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan says the Government’s decision to expand interest subvention scheme for enhancement of ethanol distillation capacity will transform our annadatas into urjadatas; Calls it a step towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that the Union Cabinet chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister has approved the expansion of interest subvention scheme to provide financial assistance for enhancement of ethanol distillation capacity from grain-based distilleries along with molasses-based distilleries. The total outlay under the interest subvention scheme is estimated at Rs. 8460 cr. He said that the expanded interest subvention scheme will fuel investment of about ₹40,120 crore in the ethanol value chain, encouraging ‘Urja-Kheti, which will augment farmer’s income, transform our ‘annadatas’ into ‘urjadatas’ and contribute to the overall vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
The Ethanol Blending Program  which started in 2003, got renewed thrust under the leadership of Honorable Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi. Due to progressive, reform oriented approach and series of steps taken in the last six years, ethanol procurement has gone up from 38 crore litres in 2013-14 with a value of around Rs.1500 cr to estimated procurement of 325 cr Litres in sugar year 2020-21, with an estimated value of Rs. 19,000 Cr. The price of ethanol procurement has also gone up from around Rs. 39 per litre in sugar year 2013-14 to an average price of Rs. 58 per litre in sugar year 2020-21. This progressive increase in prices has helped augment farmers’ income.
The blending percentage of ethanol in petrol has gone up from 1.53% in 2013-14 to 5% in 2019-20 and estimated to be 8.5% in 2020-21. The Government has setup an ambitious target of 10% ethanol blending by 2022 and 20% ethanol blending by 2030 which will require additional capacity to be added. Today’s decision will facilitate capacity addition and greater ethanol blending will immensely help in import substitution, savings of foreign exchange and environment sustainability.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Convergence & integration of technologies for democratisation of knowledge: DST Secretary
The pandemic has shown us how technology can help us and has also forced us to think for the future: Dr. V K Saraswat
Dignitaries at the curtain-raiser webinar on Frontiers in Interconnected Intelligent Systems and Devices , underlined how convergence and integration of technologies -- physical, digital, and cyber, is bringing about access and democratization of knowledge resulting in a social and technological revolution.
Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology , said that the future is all about being interconnected, being intelligent even beyond the human brain and that convergence and integration of technologies - physical, digital and cyber is the key. “Supercomputing, quantum technologies, and cyber-physical security offer a way of working together in convergence for democratisation of knowledge and information,” he added.
The webinar organised last evening  by DST deliberated about the Mission that DST has launched for setting up 25 hubs focused on various themes across the country and how it would take the country forward in technology and innovation.
Department of Science & Technology has been taking major initiatives in all streams of science and technology and especially frontier technology domains like cyber-physical systems, IoT, Artificial Intelligence  and cyber security to name a few. The Frontiers in Interconnected Intelligent Systems and Devices conference has been planned to enrich these initiatives through knowledge exchange with national and international experts, and this was a curtain-raiser program to discuss various aspects of such technologies.
Dr. V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, said that across industries, technological and social revolution is underway due to mobile internet, the democratisation of smartphones, a decrease in technological cost, convergence, machine to machine communication, and fusion of technologies. The pandemic has shown us how technology can help us and has also forced us to think for the future.
Other speakers in the webinar included Dr. Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India, Prof Subhash Kar, Oklahoma State University, USA, Ravi Tilak, CEO, Alex USA, Randeep Raina, CTO, Nokia India, Reg Ayyaswamy, SVP and Global Head of IoT and Egg and Industrial Services, TCS, Shaurya Doval, Director, India Foundation, Kanwal Rekhi, Founder President, TIE-USA, Mallik Tatapamula, CTO, Ericsson, Kaushal Solanki, CEO, Eyenuk Inc., and Alok Srivastava, Head of Global Sales & Marketing, L&T-NxT.
The international conference is expected to be held in 2021 and will brainstorm on the policy framework, technology landscape, use cases, and implementation of various cyber-physical systems  and related issues. It will also deliberate on identifying and promoting innovative indigenous solutions and building a vibrant startup ecosystem for cyber security of CPS.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
NHAI responds to media report on alleged payment of bribe to its officials, initiates internal investigation
The following is a statement by National Highways Authority of India in response to a news report about alleged bribe having been paid to its official by a foreign company between 2011-15:
It is reported in the media that M/s. CDM Smith Inc, USA have allegedly admitted having paid bribe to NHAI officials between 2011 and 2015. M/s. CDM Smith Inc, USA have been working in the Road Sector in India for quite some time. However, in 2015, they were debarred for a period of 3  months from participating / engagement in future bidding of NHAI projects because of deficiency in services in one of the projects, Dholpur - Morena Section of NH-3. Presently, M/s CDM Smith have no ongoing assignment with the NHAI. In view the seriousness of the charges, NHAI have initiated an internal investigation into alleged payment of bribe money to its officials as reported in the media.
Ministry of Finance
Incentive For Real Estate: No Adjustment To Be Made If The Circle Rate Value Does Not Exceed 5% Of The Consideration
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley proposed that no adjustment shall be made in a case where the circle rate value does not exceed 5% of the consideration. While presenting the General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament here today, he said, “Currently, while taxing income from capital gains, business profits and other sources in respect of transactions in immovable property, the consideration or circle rate value, whichever is higher, is adopted and the difference is counted as income both in the hands of the purchaser and seller. Sometimes, this variation can occur in respect of different properties in the same area because of a variety of factors including shape of the plot and location.”
Thus in order to minimise hardship in real estate transaction, the Finance Minister proposed to provide that no adjustment shall be made in a case where the circle rate value does not exceed 5% of the consideration.
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Ministry of Finance
Delhi South CGST unearths fake invoicing racket of Rs 611 crore involving tax evasion of 38.5 crore
A specific intelligence was developed by the officers of Delhi South CGST Commissionerate concerning certain bogus firms that were created solely for the purpose of generating fake invoices and passing ineligible input tax credit along the chain.
Searches and inspections were conducted across locations spread across Delhi, unearthing a cartel running 54 bogus firms registered in Delhi –NCR region that were engaged in fake invoicing and circular trading. Incriminating documents such as rubber stamps and letter heads of various firms, mobile phones, laptops etc. have been seized from the search premises.
Preliminary enquiry conducted so far into these transactions has revealed fake invoicing of around Rs. 611 crores and tax evasion of over Rs. 38.5 crores. The members of cartel in their Confessional statements have accepted their roles in managing these bogus firms.
The persons behind these bogus firms hatched the conspiracy to defraud the government and committed offences specified under section 132 and 132 of the CGST Act 2017 which are cognizable and nonbailable. Three key persons of the cartel namely Sh. Ankit Gupta, the mastermind managing these bogus firms and two of his accomplice Sh. Rabiendra Singh and Sh. Rajendra Singh has been arrested on 23.02.2022. The accused were produced before the Duty Magistrate following which they have been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
Further investigation is under progress.
Ministry of Defence
Homage Paid To War Heroes On Kargil Vijay Diwas At Shaheed Smarak, Mumbai
Mumbai, 26 July 2021
On the occasion of the 22nd Kargil Vijay Diwas on 26 Jul 2021, a solemn wreath laying ceremony was conducted at Shaheed Smarak at Colaba, Mumbai to commemorate the victory of the Indian Armed Forces and to pay tribute to the supreme sacrifice of our martyrs. During the ceremony, wreaths were laid by Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, FOC-in-C Western Naval Command, followed by Lieutenant General SK Prashar, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding Maharashtra Gujarat & Goa Area, Rear Admiral Atul Anand VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area and Group Captain Jitendra Dinkar Masurkar, VM officiating Air Officer Commanding, Headquarters Maritime Air Operations and other Senior officers from all three services.
Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated on 26 July every year as a saga of gallantry and valour of a battle fought in the most inhospitable terrain in the World in the area of Kargil-Drass Sector of Ladakh. On this day the Indian Armed Force braving most difficult terrain, battling extreme weather conditions fought valiantly on the steep slopes of icy peaks with grit and valour thus defeating the evil designs of the enemy and throwing the intruders out from Indian Soil. The Kargil War - Operation Vijay was fought at an altitude of approximately 16,000 feet.
The ceremony was attended by a limited number of serving personnel from all three
services following all COVID-19 safety precautions and guidelines.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
43 proposals received for six Light House Projects 
Evaluation of Technical proposals underway
A total of 43 proposals from 19 agencies have been received for LHP under GHTC-India at six locations 
The Technical proposals were opened today, on 03/09/2019 at 3.00 PM from E-Procurement Portal in the presence of the Tender Evaluation Committee which included one member from each six States.The Tender Evaluation Committee constituted at MoHUA will evaluate the Technical proposals and submit the Detailed report. MoHUA will intimate the participating agencies regarding the date of opening of financial proposals.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  organised a global challenge to explore proven innovative technologies for mainstreaming in the Housing Construction in India. In this regard, Global Housing technology Challenge-India was initiated by MoHUA. Subsequently, MoHUA had published Request for Proposals  for construction of Light House Projects  at six selected sites under GHTC-India on July 05, 2019 at www.eprocure.gov.in. for each location. These RFPs were published for location wise LHPs viz. Madhya Pradesh- Indore, Gujarat- Rajkot, Tamil Nadu- Chennai, Jharkhand-Ranchi, Tripura- Agartala, Uttar Pradesh- Lucknow. These Light House Projects intends to implement pilot projects of approximately 1000 houses at each location using the shortlisted proven technologies under GHTC-India.
A pre-bid meeting in this regard was organized on 29th July 2019 at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. The last date to upload technical and financial bids online was 3.00 pm on 02/09/2019.